A Few Biden Quick-Facts

Now that Senator Joseph Biden from Delaware is Barack Obama's running mate, here are a few quick-facts concerning the Senator that should be of vital interest to Liberty Sphere readers:

1. He is one of the most rabid, anti-gun activists in the Senate. Let's not forget that Biden is the one who made the snide remark about the gun rights advocate who asked a question by video at the first Democratic debate of this election season.

Biden suggested that the questioner was 'nuts' who certainly had no business with a gun.

Apparently the Senator believes the same about all gun owners since he essentially believes that all handguns should be banned. Obama will certainly be proud since his own record portrays the same thing.

2. Biden is staunchly pro-abortion even though he is a 'devout Catholic.' This may not matter to some, but it matters an awfully lot to me. How can a person be 'devout' when their religion of choice condemns a practice they actively advocate?

Again, Obama has found a soul-mate in Biden since Obama is on record supporting infanticide.

3. Biden is a proponent of the 'living Constitution' school of thought, which essentially maintains that the meaning of terms in the document can be changed arbitrarily to 'reflect modern culture.'

His votes on Supreme Court justices reflect that belief. Ginsberg, Breyer, and Souter are some of his favorites.

4. Biden is a tax-and-spend liberal who believes in such things as socialized medicine and cradle-to-the-grave government nanny-statism.

5. Biden is one of the Senators who has always made sure that the ban on offshore oil drilling remains in place, and he will continue to engage in obstructionism on this issue.

This is not all concerning the Senator's record, of course, but this little primer should get us started thinking about Biden as a reflection of the Obama approach to government. He certainly does nothing to 'balance the ticket' except in the realm of experience and foreign policy.